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- 1 2 Internet Broadway Database profile, retrieved January 1, 2009
- ↑ https://www.union-bulletin.com/news/voices-of-the-walla-walla-valley-gerry-matthews/article_31e7a0f7-45bf-554a-ba75-a00f6a2a2d24.html
- ↑ https://en.kinorium.com/name/421387/
- ↑ Obenland, Kathleen."Broadway Glory Days But A Memory For Former Star", The Seattle Times, January 24, 1999
